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The second invasion was on a false pretense of WMDs. The government in concert with the media manipulated and deceived the public. You are a pawn. Pawns have N
by babesh 5y ago
The second invasion was on a false pretense of WMDs. The government in concert with the media manipulated and deceived the public.
You are a pawn. Pawns have NO value in of themselves. They are used solely to advance the cause of a side. They will be sacrificed to do
so.
You can take solace in identifying with an entity that cares for you not
one iota.
Waitbutwhy writes extensively about this phenomenon. It is called tribalism and delusion.
https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html
us vs them, good vs evil
It has all the hallmarks.
"A superglue story also jacks up the Us > Them values. The story needs to be all about good guys and bad guys, with a crisp, clear distinction between the two. The good guys must be good in every way—in knowledge, talent, motivation, and virtue. They’re good now, they were always good in the past, and they’ll continue to be good in the future. The bad guys are the opposite—they are and always have been stupid, ignorant, malicious, and morally backwards. Strife between the good guys and bad guys is always the fault of the bad guys"
- CodeShmode 5y agoThere were plenty of media outlets that doubted the WMD story. There’s no widespread collision between media and government.
- dleslie 5y agoYeah, it's not as though there weren't protests against the invasion, and widespread media coverage thereof.
- babesh 5y agoAnd all the protests accomplished jackshit. Can't you see that that is the point? Your opinion and protests have no effect. Your protests are just plausible deniability. https://youtu.be/UqMaYuVvqGo https://youtu.be/UqMaYuVvqGo Weapons of mass destruction LOL
- dleslie 5y agoThe protests failed to invigorate change, not unlike anti mask protests today, because the message wasn't persuasive enough to sufficiently many people. That's democracy. It's not great, but it's better than the alternatives.
- babesh 5y agoNope. All the major outlets were pushing it. ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox. Also go find out how many representatives were for the war. https://web.archive.org/web/20190823053520/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-says-yes-to-iraq-resolution/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190823053520/https://www.cbsne... 296-133, 77-23
- dleslie 5y agoThere's nothing shocking about that many representatives voting in favor of something that had over two thirds public support. In fact, it looks appropriate. As for the media, the foreign and public press weren't so in favor. But I'll be the last to suggest that American media isn't terrible. It is.